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| 20080258545 | Brake System for Motor Vehicles - A brake system for motor vehicles has a master cylinder ( | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080258546 | Brake System For Motor Vehicles - The invention relates to a brake system comprising a master cylinder ( | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080265665 | Brake System for Motor Vehicles - To allow boosting the actuating force even if the control electronics or the electric energy supply fails in a brake-by-wire system, a piston ( | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090033146 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A HYDRAULIC VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method for operating a hydraulic vehicle brake system, having a brake pressure generator operable by a brake actuating device and essentially consisting of a master brake cylinder and a hydraulic booster connected upstream thereof which includes a booster chamber and a booster piston arranged therein, which latter for brake force boosting purposes, can be acted upon by a hydraulic pressure of a high-pressure accumulator that is chargeable by a hydraulic pump according to a sensor system which detects actuation and/or according to a pressure sensor sensing the hydraulic pressure that prevails in the master brake cylinder. In order to provide a safe fallback mode, upon failure of the high-pressure accumulator, the wheel brakes are acted upon by hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic pump according to the sensor system which detects actuation or according to the pressure sensor. Likewise, provisions are made that upon failure of the pump, hydraulic pressure out of the high-pressure accumulator is applied to the booster chamber according to the sensor system which detects actuation or according to the pressure sensor. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20100045096 | Motor/Pump Assembly - A motor and pump assembly for providing pressure to a brake actuating device of a motor vehicle brake system is described herein. The assembly comprises an electric motor and a double diaphragm pump. The pump includes a pump housing, two opposed working diaphragms, and crank drives each being coupled between the electric motor and a respective diaphragm for moving the diaphragm. A working chamber is defined between the pump housing and a working chamber cover. Each working chamber including an inlet channel, an inlet valve associated with the inlet channel, an outlet channel, and an outlet valve associated with the outlet channel, wherein the outlet channels are defined in the covers of the working chamber and in the pump housing to direct air displaced from the working chambers into an inside space of the pump housing. An air outlet unit is provided for exhausting the air from the inside space. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100225159 | Braking System For Motor Vehicles - A braking system having a master cylinder to which wheel brake circuits (I, II) can be connected, a first piston coupled to a brake pedal, a second piston by means of which the master cylinder is actuated, a third piston actuated by the first piston and connected in a force transmitting fashion to the second piston, a simulation device which gives the driver of the vehicle a pedal sensation, an intermediate space between the second piston and third piston, a hydraulic chamber which is bounded by the third piston and when necessary, a movement of the third piston in the actuating direction is prevented, a pressure generating device which controls the pressure in the intermediate space, a pressure medium reservoir vessel which is under atmospheric pressure and which can be connected hydraulically to the intermediate space, and means for electrically controlling the pressure in the intermediate space. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100259096 | Electrohydraulic Brake System for Motor Vehicle - The invention relates to an electrohydraulic brake system for motor vehicles of the ‘brake-by-wire’ type. The brake system comprises among others a travel simulator cooperating with a master brake cylinder and a pressure source consisting of a hydraulic pump and a high-pressure accumulator. | 10-14-2010 |
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| 20080257670 | Brake System for Motor Vehicles - A brake-by-wire brake system has a pressure supply device ( | 10-23-2008 |
| 20100071791 | SLIDE VALVE - A slide valve for regulating the hydraulic pressure at a working connection to values between a low pressure and a high pressure, for which purpose a valve slide is accommodated in a hole of a housing such that it can move linearly, which housing has a low pressure connection, a high pressure connection and the working connection, for which purpose the working connection is connected to the low pressure connection in the first position of the valve slide, while the working connection is separated from the two further connections in a second position of the valve slide, and having a third position of the valve slide, in which the working connection is connected to the high pressure connection (P). A plurality of radial holes are arranged in the valve slide, through which radial holes flow can pass and which radial holes interact with a plurality of circumferential control edges in the housing which seal the valve slide in the hole in a leakfree manner by means of suitable sealing rings. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100181825 | BRAKING SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A brake system with a master cylinder, a first piston which is coupled to a brake pedal via a push rod transmitting actuating forces, a second piston which can be actuated by the first piston and which can be brought into force-transmitting connection to a third piston, via which the master cylinder is actuated, at least one elastic element which forms a pedal travel simulator which, in the “brake-by-wire” operating mode, gives the vehicle driver a pleasant pedal sensation, an interspace capable of being acted upon with hydraulic pressure, between the second and the third piston, the action of pressure upon the interspace loading the second and the third piston in opposite directions, a pressure supply device which has a high-pressure source and which allows both a filling of the interspace with pressure medium and emptying thereof, and a valve device for varying pressure fed in the interspace. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100243941 | SLIDING VALVE - A sliding valve having a valve slider that can be axially displaced relative to the valve sleeve in order to determine the size of variable passage cross-sections and for establishing a pressurization connection between a high-pressure connection and a working connection and a pressure-reducing connection between the working connection and a low-pressure connection, in that control edges running in the circumferential direction are configured on the outer circumference of the valve slider, which interact with the control edges of the valve sleeve. The control edges of the valve sleeve are configured as edges extending in the circumferential direction relative to the symmetry axis, which are a component of a lateral face of the valve sleeve. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100253135 | BRAKE SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A brake system for motor vehicles having a brake master cylinder that can be operated by a brake pedal, a fluid reservoir assigned to the brake master cylinder, a hydraulic booster stage which is operatively connected to the inlet side of the brake master cylinder, with a booster piston which is subjected to a hydraulic boost pressure supplied by a pressure source and which in all operating modes allows a direct mechanical action by the brake pedal on a hydraulic piston of the brake master cylinder, and having an electrically controllable pressure regulating valve arrangement for metering the boost pressure. In order to provide a brake system of simple design, which is cost-effective to produce and which functions reliably, the pressure regulating valve arrangement can be hydraulically controllable. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100263367 | BRAKE ACTUATING UNIT - Disclosed herein is a method of determining the brake pedal actuation force exerted by a vehicle driver on an actuating pedal in an electrohydraulic brake system which includes a brake master cylinder and an electromechanically driven booster stage connected upstream of the brake master cylinder. The brake pedal actuation force sought is determined according to the formula F | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110017332 | PULSATION DAMPING CAPSULE - A pulsation damping capsule including at least one hermetically joint-sealed metal membrane housing made of at least two preferably concave hemispheres, the housing being provided for separating an inner space from a surrounding pressure medium, wherein the hemispheres are connected together along a peripheral seam firmly bonded such that the pulsation damping capsule can be compressed and expanded as an energy accumulator with spring elasticity due to the effect of the pressure medium. A pulsation damping device is provided which is both dimensioned to withstand stresses and is simple to produce, the pulsation damping effect of which can be tailored especially easily to the existing conditions. Further disclosed is a pulsation damping module for housing a plurality of pulsation damping capsules. | 01-27-2011 |
